mummy
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- noun
- /ˈmʌmi/
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momia
- In museums, visitors can see actual mummies from ancient Egypt displayed in glass cases.
- Egyptian mummies
- a royal mummy
- mummies from tombs
And that's why you don't tap on the glass of King Tut's mummy.
- And that's why you don't tap on the glass of King Tut's mummy.
- And it started as a, as, as just the idea of a, of a mummy of a mummy's curse.
- Death Even so, the boards look like slave ships, like tombstones, like shrouds, like mummies.
- No Arya, I'm waiting to get in front of Congress to show them a little paper mache mummy dude and then get a book deal for money.
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You know, it's like going into Tutankhamen's tomb and finding the mummy.
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The historical link between Rameses I's mummy and the one in Atlanta is incomplete.
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I bought an authentic mummy.
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Although its identity remains uncertain, the mummy will return to Egypt later this year.
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Learn how ancient Egyptians made mummies with this video.
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In Egypt, I spoke with Salima Ikram, a mummy specialist at the American University in Cairo.
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"The mummification techniques used are certainly consistent with a 19th Dynasty mummy," says ARCHAEOLOGY contributing editor Bob Brier.
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The ancient Egyptians carefully wrapped the dead bodies in cloth to create a mummy.
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Archaeologists discovered a well-preserved mummy in the desert cave, dating back thousands of years.
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Etymology
Mummy for a wrapped, preserved body comes from the old word mumia, which meant 'dark oil', because people once used such oils in ancient burial work and the preserved bodies became known as mummies.